.TH "gdaltindex" 1 "4 Dec 2008" "GDAL" \" -*- nroff -*- .ad l .nh .SH NAME gdaltindex \- gdaltindex builds a shapefile as a raster tileindex .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP .PP .nf gdaltindex [-tileindex field_name] [-write_absolute_path] [-skip_different_projection] index_file [gdal_file]* .fi .PP .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This program builds a shapefile with a record for each input raster file, an attribute containing the filename, and a polygon geometry outlining the raster. This output is suitable for use with UMN MapServer as a raster tileindex. .PP .PD 0 .IP "\(bu" 2 The shapefile (index_file) will be created if it doesn't already exist, otherwise it will append to the existing file. .IP "\(bu" 2 The default tile index field is 'location'. .IP "\(bu" 2 Raster filenames will be put in the file exactly as they are specified on the commandline unless the option -write_absolute_path is used. .IP "\(bu" 2 If -skip_different_projection is specified, only files with same projection ref as files already inserted in the tileindex will be inserted. .IP "\(bu" 2 Simple rectangular polygons are generated in the same coordinate system as the rasters. .PP .SH "EXAMPLE" .PP .PP .PP .nf gdaltindex doq_index.shp doq/*.tif .fi .PP .SH "AUTHOR" .PP Frank Warmerdam